Jake Busey Movies and Career Information

William Jacob "Jake" Busey (born June 15, 1971) is an American actor, musician and film producer. He is sometimes credited as Jacob or William Busey. Busey was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Malibu, California, the son of Judy Lynn (née Helkenberg), a photographer, and actor Gary Busey. Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands that his father played in. He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions: acting and playing the drums. Busey resides in Los Angeles, where he writes and plays drums for a band, "Sons of the Lawless". He also plays guitar and is a baritone singer. Busey's motion picture debut was in the 1978 film Straight Time with his father Gary and Dustin Hoffman. Busey has since played in numerous performances, from the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in Contact to the smart-mouthed soldier in Starship Troopers. He appeared in H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, one of three 2005 film adaptations of the novel by H.G. Wells, alongside C. Thomas Howell. Additionally, he has had major roles in Tomcats opposite Jerry O'Connell and Shannon Elizabeth, in